Embedding Sustainability Across The Curriculum: University of Manchester Community of Practice
At the University of Manchester a community of practice has been set up embedding sustainability across the curriculum and in teaching. This is a recording of some of the presentations which were given. As the realisation sets in across the globe that we can no longer afford to be wasteful in the way we live, the question is recurring as to what ways of life we transition to and how. Read more…
Education: Power Differentials and Problems of Scale
This presentation was given to the Knowledge, Power and Identity research group at the University of Manchester Institute of Education, on the 29th February 2016. The research group explores understandings that educational theories, practices and policies work to constitute categories of identity and subjectivity that reflect knowledge and power relations.
Sustainability in the Curriculum: University of Manchester
I was recently invited to sit in on a meeting of the Community of Practice at University of Manchester which is thinking through how to embed Sustainability across the curriculum. This area of thinking and study is massively relevant as it connects with each and every human and living thing on the planet. How we move into greater synergy with our environment and life supporting bio-systems is an emerging field which is complex and multi-disciplinary.
19th Feb 2015: Education and The Permanent Revolution of Reform; A Journey to the Dark Side by Dave Hall
Come along to The Castle Hotel at 7pm to listen to David’s talk. Share a crust of bread, and hear the reflections he has to share…
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David Hall
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Education and the permanent revolution of reform: A journey to the dark side Read more…
Podcast: Drew Whitworth Introduces Session on Information Inequalities
This is a podcast of a panel session chaired by Dr Andrew Whitworth (Manchester Institute of Education) entitled Information Inequalities: do they exist and are they a problem for Manchester? This session considers how policies other than strictly ‘education’ policies can impact upon access to informational resources, and thus the learning capacity of communities. Read more…
Collaboration: University of Manchester and Ragged University By Steve McIndoe
The University of Manchester Library has been running a credit-bearing course unit called The Digital Society for the past two years as part of the University College programme.